Síonfest 5

After the one edition break Daléríqa announced that they will be returning for the seventh edition of the Maia Song Contest. DBN and the HoD Adrian Posteraro decided to continue with the beloved Síonfest as the format to choose the entry.

On the 28th of January, just hours after comfirming their return DBN released a list of 18 artists that are vying to be the representative for Daléríqa.

It was announced the following day that there will be 12 entries with some of the 18 artists competing together.

Format
12 entries will be performed on the night of the Grand Final. They will be voted on by a combination of international juries and a public vote (made up from SMS, televoting, and app votes). When voting closes, the points will be revealed and added together. The contestant with the highest number of points will be declared as the winner and will be selected to represent Daléríqa in Maia Song Contest 7.

Entry selection
DBN approached many established Dalérín artists as well as holding an open submission for the first time, receiving 1,752 submissions in total. Entries submitted for the competition were required to be between three and five minutes long, with at least one songwriter holding Dalérín citizenship. DBN created a shortlist of entries from the received submissions from both established stars and unknown artists and formed a selection panel that evaluated the submissions and selected twelve entries for the competition.

Presenters
It has been officially confirmed in a DBN press conference that HoD Adrian Posteraro will return to present the National Final for the fourth time in a row. He will be joined by his sister Lorena Posteraro and their close friend and Dalérín superstar Chenoa with Jeannie Mai returning as the green room host.

Entries
The artists were announced on 28 January 2017, the the entries alongside the composers who had written the entries were revealed the following day.

Final
A playlist can be found here.

A recap can be found here.

The final will take place in the Superdomo, on 12 February 2017, with the winner will be decided by a combination of public televoting and national juries made up out music professionals as in previous editions of the show.